Pyrocephalus
| Pyrocephalus | |
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| Scarlet flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839 |
Pyrocephalus is a genus of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1839 in Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.[1] [a] The type species was designated as the scarlet flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.[5][6]
The genus contains contains four species:[7]
- Scarlet flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus)
- Darwin's flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus)
- ✝San Cristóbal flycatcher (Pyrocephalus dubius)
Notes
- ^ Some taxonomists date the publication to 1838.[2] Although the title page to Aves. Part III is dated 1841, the volume was issued in five parts. Page 44 containing the text was issued in 1839 but plates VI and VII were issued in 1838 and have captions that include the generic name Pyrocephalus.[3][4]
References
- ^ Gould, John (1841). Darwin, Charles (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Part III. Birds. London: Smith, Elder and Company. p. 44.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Steinheimer, F.; Dickinson, E.C.; Walters, M.P. (2006). "The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Part III. Birds. New avian names, their authorship and the dates". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 126 (2): 171-193 [184].
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 30.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 149–150.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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